Jan Siegmund Appointed to Western Union Board of Directors
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Money Transfers, People Moves
The Western Union Company, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payment services, today announced that Jan Siegmund has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective December 4, 2019. Mr. Siegmund will also serve on the Audit Committee of the Board.
Judopay CEO Selected To Join The EPA Advisory Board
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Consultancy
Judopay’s CEO Jeremy Nicholds has been selected to join the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) advisory board. The EPA is managed by its senior leadership team and receives guidance and steering from the EPA Advisory Board. The EPA Advisory Board is composed of 14 highly effective CEOs from leading payments companies who all have a desire to change the payments industry and create a profitable, sustainable payments ecosystem.
Temtum Launches World’s First Decentralized Text Message Payments
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Temtum (temtum.com), the quantum-secure, efficient, and carbon-neutral cryptocurrency network capable of 120,000 transactions per second, today announced the launch of its SMS payments system. As the first decentralized, network-based SMS payments solution, temtum allows anyone to send cryptocurrency instantly via SMS, with no fees and no need for a smartphone. temtum’s SMS payments allow the estimated 1.7 billion unbanked people to share funds... more
The EPA Strengthens 2020 Advisory Board with International, Entrepreneurial and Diverse Talent
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
The Emerging Payment Awards (EPA), a celebration of collaboration and innovation within new and existing finance companies, has today appointed three of Fintech’s top minds to its Advisory Board. Jeremy Nicholds, CEO at Judopay, Anna Tsyupko, CEO at Paybase, and Muhammad Asim, CEO at Arro Money join the current EPA Advisory Board from January 2020, as voted by EPA members and with a three-year term.
Tribe Payments launches Bankbox to improve access to banking systems
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, today announced the launch of Bankbox. Bankbox is an API-led, agnostic module that provides issuers and acquirers access to banking systems and rails such as Faster Payments in the UK and Automated Clearing House in the U.S..
SoFi Gets New York BitLicense for Cryptocurrency Trading
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
SoFi has been granted a BitLicense by New York regulators, paving the way for online lender to offer cryptocurrency trading services in the state.
Judopay partners with Tide
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Judopay, a leading mobile payments provider has today announced it has partnered with business banking fintech, Tide. Starting immediately, the partnership enables all Judopay clients to benefit from a year’s free money transfers when they sign up to a Tide business account through Judopay.
ONPEX and Financial House partner for transparent cross-border financial services
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
FCA-regulated e-money institution (EMI), Financial House, has partnered with ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts.
Mastercard Pay By Bank goes live on MuchBetter, eliminates transfer fees
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
MuchBetter, the award winning payments company, today announced its integration with Mastercard’s Pay By Bank, one of the first ewallets to do so. Pay by Bank app is a new online checkout option from Mastercard that lets users pay for goods and services in real-time using the banking app on their phone – across online and in-store purchases. It allows MuchBetter users to top up their account in real-time from their bank account without entering... more
Westpac Hires Promontory to Run AML Review
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Westpac has hired IBM subsidiary Promontory to undertake an independent review into the failings that led to the bank breaching AML/CTF laws on over 23 million occasions.
Wirecard’s boon and SwatchPAY! launch in Germany and Austria
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is the exclusive payment partner for the SwatchPAY! launch in Germany and Austria. With the help of the mobile payment solution boon, consumers can carry out easy and contactless payments with the brand new line of Swatch watches.
PayPal and Mastercard Extend Instant Transfer to Singapore & Europe
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Following the success of its Instant Transfer feature in the U.S., PayPal and Mastercard recently extended the service to Mastercard cardholders in Singapore and a number of European countries. Mastercard Send™ is an application that leverages the card network infrastructure to facilitate the secure availability of funds in real-time*. With Mastercard Send™, PayPal users can transfer their account balances to eligible Mastercard cards seamlessly... more
Revolut Launches GBP Direct Debits for All EEA Customers with Local UK Account Details
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
The new functionality will utilise Modulr’s Direct Debits Mandate, adding another essential feature that Revolut customers can use in their everyday lives. This new feature allows Revolut’s EEA customers with local UK account details to make all their regular GBP Direct Debit payments straight from their Revolut accounts, whether that be retail customers paying for their gym memberships, phone contracts, utility bills or subscriptions, or... more
Upbit Leaks $49 million in Ethereum
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Payments
South Korea's Upbit, which styles itself as 'the most-trusted crypto-asset exchange', has temporarily frozen withdrawals and deposits after losing $49 million worth of ether in a single transaction. The exchange confirmed the loss this morning, noting that 342,000 ether has disappeared from its wallets due to an "abnormal transaction" in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Upbit later posted a support notice saying it had suspended its cypto-... more
Air Europa Selects Riskified PSD2 Optimization to Maximize Revenue and Improve Customer Experience
- 5 years 8 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Riskified, the payments and fraud-prevention solution provider announced today that Air Europa, the airline division of Globalia, has chosen Riskified PSD2 Optimization to allow the airline to maintain a frictionless booking experience and maximize revenue under the EU’s new PSD2 regulation. Riskified data shows that European merchants could miss out on up to 15 percent of their revenue if they do not proactively address the regulation.
